Improved 2-round collision attack on IoT hash standard ASCON-HASH

Bibliographic Details
Title: Improved 2-round collision attack on IoT hash standard ASCON-HASH
Authors: Di Zhai, Wei Bai, Jianding Fu, Hongjian Gao, Xueqiong Zhu
Source: Heliyon, Vol 10, Iss 5, Pp e26119- (2024)
Publisher Information: Elsevier, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Science (General)
LCC:Social sciences (General)
Subject Terms: IoT, ASCON, ASCON-HASH, Collision attack, Lightweight cryptograph, Science (General), Q1-390, Social sciences (General), H1-99
More Details: Lightweight cryptography algorithms are a class of ciphers designed to protect data generated and transmitted by the Internet of Things. They typically have low requirements in terms of storage space and power consumption, and are well-suited for resource-limited application scenarios such as embedded systems, actuators, and sensors. The NIST-approved competition for lightweight cryptography aims to identify lightweight cryptographic algorithms that can serve as standards. Its objective is to enhance data security in various scenarios. Among the chosen standards for lightweight cryptography, ASCON has been selected. ASCON-HASH is a hash function within the ASCON family. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the differential characteristics of ASCON-HASH, utilizing the quadratic S-box. Additionally, we employ message modification techniques and ultimately demonstrate a non-practical collision attack on the 2-round ASCON-HASH, requiring a time complexity of 298 hash function calls.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2405-8440
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024021509; https://doaj.org/toc/2405-8440
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26119
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/658a1432f62249b685108a1c6bf3fd8d
Accession Number: edsdoj.658a1432f62249b685108a1c6bf3fd8d
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
More Details
ISSN:24058440
DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26119
Published in:Heliyon
Language:English